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(photo by Peter Thody)
That box construction in the superstructure of the suspension arch looks very similar to a famous arch in West Virginia -- but clearly, the topography is different. I have the sense I've seen this bridge before -- like maybe around one of the dams on the Colorado... Maybe a hint is needed?
Mark
Highway 93 bridge near Twin Falls, ID?
That looks like lava, not sandstone.
Yes, it's the Perrine Bridge, just outside Twin Falls, Idaho. As well as being a spectacular construction in its own right, it's also a destination for BASE jumpers.
Peter
Time to bring this one forward again -- good job about the Snake River bridge identification!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark Sedenquist
Mark
In that video -- it sure looks like the second jumper very nearly hit the water before his chute deployed...Quote:
Originally Posted by vambo25
mark
Reckon I'll take a stab at this one. If it's way south of Glenwood Springs, that puts in the territory of the Denver & Rio Grande narrow gauge line between Durango and Silverton, CO. I'd say the siding is part of a switchback where the train runs forward and back for switchbacks rather then a loop trestle or a too-tight radius curve. There are a number of trestle loops and "front to back" switchbacks among Rocky Mountain railroads. One I intend to see next summer it the Gilmore & Pittsburgh's switchback + tunnel at Bannock Pass, MT/ID.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark Sedenquist
Foy
This part is correct -- Certainly this kind of train, perhaps even this one, worked daily on the Denver & Rio Grande (D&RG) Narrow Gauge Railway -- but it is not the section between Durango and Silverton.... Care to revise your geo-guess?Quote:
Originally Posted by Foy
Hint #2a (because Foy supplied Hint #2) -- This train was restored to the condition they would have been in 1940.
Mark
It's in Black Canyon of the Gunnison.
The train is located behind the Cimarron Visitors Center in Curecanti National Recreational Area. It is exhibited in Cimarron Canyon where it would have worked many years on Denver & Rio Grande (D&RG) Narrow Gauge Railway.
As you can see from the NPS photo (see the link above) there is no fence around the exhibit but it is located on a section of track on a trestle and it is hard to get up to without serious climbing and scaling....
It's a very unusual display to say the least!
Mark
(and you didn't even need to see the color of the dirt to ID this one... Amazing!)
What is this, where is it, where did it come from?
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Photo: Don Casey